linux-ext4 - [PATCH 1/7] ext4: avoid buffer_head leak in ext4_mark_inode

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Message-Id: <20240813120712.2592310-2-shikemeng@huaweicloud.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 20:07:06 +0800
From: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@...weicloud.com>
To: tytso@....edu,
	adilger.kernel@...ger.ca
Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/7] ext4: avoid buffer_head leak in ext4_mark_inode_used

Release inode_bitmap_bh from ext4_read_inode_bitmap in
ext4_mark_inode_used to avoid buffer_head leak.
By the way, remove unneeded goto for invalid ino when inode_bitmap_bh
is NULL.

Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@...weicloud.com>
---
 fs/ext4/ialloc.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index 9dfd768ed9f8..ad7f13976dc6 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -755,10 +755,10 @@ int ext4_mark_inode_used(struct super_block *sb, int ino)
 	struct ext4_group_desc *gdp;
 	ext4_group_t group;
 	int bit;
-	int err = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+	int err;
 
 	if (ino < EXT4_FIRST_INO(sb) || ino > max_ino)
-		goto out;
+		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
 
 	group = (ino - 1) / EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
 	bit = (ino - 1) % EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
@@ -860,6 +860,7 @@ int ext4_mark_inode_used(struct super_block *sb, int ino)
 	err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(NULL, NULL, group_desc_bh);
 	sync_dirty_buffer(group_desc_bh);
 out:
+	brelse(inode_bitmap_bh);
 	return err;
 }
 
-- 
2.30.0